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Fasting on ‘Id Days and during the Bright Days of the Month: 11, 12 and 13

alkafi-6561Vol. 4, p. 148

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ صِيَامِ يَوْمِ الْفِطْرِ فَقَالَ لَا يَنْبَغِي صِيَامُهُ وَ لَا صِيَامُ أَيَّامِ التَّشْرِيقِ.

“I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about fasting on the day of al-Fitr (first day of the month of Shawwal). He (the Imam) said, ‘No, it is not proper to fast as well as on the days of al- Tashriq.’”

alkafi-6562Vol. 4, p. 148

قَالَ لَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ لَا صِيَامَ بَعْدَ الْأَضْحَى ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَ لَا بَعْدَ الْفِطْرِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِنَّهَا أَيَّامُ أَكْلٍ وَ شُرْبٍ‌[2].

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), once said to us, ‘Fasting is not proper during three days after al- Adha’ (10th of Duh al-Hajjah) as well as after al-Fitr (the first day of the month of Shawwal); they are the days for eating and drinking.”’

alkafi-6563Vol. 4, p. 148

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع عَنِ الْيَوْمَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْفِطْرِ أَ يُصَامَانِ أَمْ لَا فَقَالَ أَكْرَهُ لَكَ أَنْ تَصُومَهُمَا[3].

“I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about the case of the two days after al-Fitr; if fasting is permissible therein. He (the Imam) said, ‘I do not like for you to fast on those days.’”